I learned something about the Shang house dynasty in elementary i like the box it’s looks pretty cool bro, are like they’re descendants still alive tho

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They did something like this with modern animal skeletons. They recreated them like they would a dinosaur. Some of the results were pretty comical.

Was going to say the same thing. I think there’s a reason they don’t tho. If the technology was proficiently accurate there’s no way they wouldn’t want to show off how accurate it is by using an example they could prove in modern time.

I have a suspicion it’s extremely not accurate.

Thank you for the explanation. Had never heard of that before.

I love that after 2000 years someone was just like...."oh hey cool look at that statue"

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I got closer to Brit Marling. There’s an actress I feel I’m forgetting who might look even more similar.

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Wait, how did the woman get IG lips but the guys look like toothless hicks?

The article states that the statue was sculpted during the Roman era, around the 2nd century AD but last adorned buildings during the Byzantine era in the 8th or 9th century. I believe Latin was at least spoken by some people during the 2nd century since many inscriptions in Latin have been found in the city from that time period.

Hell, they spoke greek in rome

That famous "et tu brutus" was actually said in Greek (if actually spoken at all)

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Don't even need someone to die, 3D CT or MRI would do the trick.

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I felt the same as you looking at these reconstructions. Its like it makes so much sense they look like us, but at the same time it really shocked me.

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I love facial reconstructions, it just is that strong reminder that these people were once living and it just makes it all that more personal

The lovechild of Julia Roberts and David Coulthard.

If it wasn’t for the article stating the origin of these people, they could have been someone from almost anywhere in Britain. It’s incredibly interesting to see the faces of people who lived so long ago, and try to imagine what they had seen and experienced.

Really annoying how these facial reconstructions always look like they're wearing a bit of well applied makeup, especially around the eyes.

Actually these people would appear prematurely aged to us, unless it's a kid or very young teen.

Cheers to the pro-makeup downvoter...

cleft palate

used to be fairly common, or at least not uncommon but now it's taken care of with surgery.

i'm an old fart (68) but back when I was a kid there was mean spirited snark about "hare lips" (the cleft palate lip gap looks like a rabbit's) but i wasn't sure what it was about bcuz i didn't know of anyone who had one.